How in the world to get rid of purchased songs on my iPhone?? :(

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How in the world to get rid of purchased songs on my iPhone?? :(

Hello,

I use my iPhone in my car to play songs. No matter what I try (I've researched other posts and feedback on those posts), the purchased songs reappear and show up in my playlist in my car.

I have a 2014 BMW - not sure if it varies by car or system or something. I don't plug in the phone; it connects wirelessly.

PLEASE help!!! The purchased songs are all for my kids and I don't want to hear them anymore!!! 🙂

I have a 6 Plus

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 3.2 GHz Intel Core i5, 8GB Memory

Posted on Apr 18, 2015 5:00 PM

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Answer 1

Apr 18, 2015 5:54 PM in response to sumsette

Go to Settings/Music and turn off Show All Music.

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sumsette Author

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Apr 18, 2015 7:07 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

Thank you for your reply.

That doesn't help at all. When I get in my car, the songs still show up in the list of songs on my phone.

The car automatically lists every song in my phone. It's a list of hundreds of songs. It's not a problem - I love all of the ones on my playlists that I've synced.

The issue is that I don't want the purchased songs to sync - at all - on my phone.

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Answer 3

Apr 19, 2015 7:52 AM in response to sumsette

Can you see the songs on your phone? If they are on your phone they will show up in your car. The only way to remove them from the car is to remove them from the phone.

How do you get your music on the the phone? There are 3 options: Sync selected songs from iTunes on your computer; Manually Manage music in iTunes on your computer and drag it to the phone; or buy them directly on the phone. There's one additional way that songs can end up on your phone: In Settings/iTunes & App Store if Automatic Downloads is ON then any music purchased by anyone sharing your account will automatically be downloaded to your phone.

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sumsette Author

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Apr 19, 2015 3:52 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

Yes I can see the songs in my phone unless I turn off all music.

I sync my music through iTunes on my computer.

I do not have automatic downloads enabled - I disabled it. I've tried erasing all of my music off my phone, only selecting the songs I want and re-syncing but the purchased songs always pop back up.

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sberman

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Apr 19, 2015 4:15 PM in response to sumsette

From iTunes' help: Pay special attention to the first bullet "Deselect the checkbox ..."

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sumsette Author

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Apr 19, 2015 4:32 PM in response to sberman

Thanks - it was never one of my checked items ... but i also only have the "sync only checked items" box checked.

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sberman

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Apr 19, 2015 4:38 PM in response to sumsette

Are you an iTunes Match subscriber?

If so, turn iTunes Match off on your iPhone.

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Answer 8

Apr 19, 2015 4:46 PM in response to sumsette

How do you sync your music to your phone with iTunes?

On the phone, do you see a cloud icon next to the songs you did not sync?

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sumsette Author

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Apr 19, 2015 4:49 PM in response to sberman

No, I'm not. 🙂 thanks.

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sumsette Author

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Apr 19, 2015 4:51 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

I sync by plugging in my phone. I've got two playlists that i select to sync.

yes the purchased songs show in my "songs" list on my phone and have the cloud icon there.

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Answer 11

Apr 19, 2015 4:55 PM in response to sumsette

If they have the cloud icon they are not on your phone, but are available for download. Go to Settings/Music and turn off Show all music and they will disappear. They will then not be visible in the beemer either.

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sumsette Author

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Apr 19, 2015 5:21 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

I have done that and they still show up in my car!!! It plays them first. 😟

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Apr 19, 2015 5:23 PM in response to sumsette

When you turn off the switch do they show up in the Music app on the phone? If they don't, then the problem is with the car system.

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sumsette Author

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Apr 20, 2015 8:45 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

When I click not to show all music, they do not show.... so i'm screwed? BMW doesn't have setting adjustments for how it applies my iPhone via media.

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ChrisJ4203

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Apr 20, 2015 8:54 PM in response to sumsette

Do you connect to the vehicle via Bluetooth? Try removing the iPhone from the list of devices in the car's system, and then remove the car from the list of Bluetooth devices on the phone. Make sure you have the settings set up the way you want them for music on the phone, and then pair the device again. If it is still picking up the songs that are not on the phone, then I would say this is a BMW problem, and I would contact them to see what they have their radio settings configured that it is picking up the cloud based songs.

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